Retainer for hat-protectors.



I *1. whmcoas. RETAINER FOR -HAT PROT,E'C[ORS.

APPILICATION FILED SEPT; 9, 1 915- Patented Fe 81916 :WITNESSES T A7TORNEY8 I To all whom, it may concern: 1

UNITED sratrns PATENT enrich.

JOHN. WIIlLIAM Jason's, or NEwYonK, N. Y., ssrenon or one-rare!) 111L111 HOFFMANN, 0F ran ROCKAWAY, new YORK.

Applicationflled September 9, 1915. Serial No. 49,724.

'Be it known that I," Jon-N JACOBS, a citizen of the, United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Far 'Rockaway,

and State; of New York, have invented a new and Improved. Retainer for Hat-Protectors, of. which the following is a full,

. parel and has. particular reference to reprove the'meens for temporarily holding or supporting. the protector within the crown tainers for protectors for'dress hats especially for mens wear, although the. invention is not: to be so limited in its adaptation.

The main object of the invention'is'to im- 0fthe hat insuch manner as to be read- .ily and quickly --removed' for application.

when required in the case of a sudden shower, for' instance. With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention. consists in'the arrangement and combination of'parts' hereinafter described? and claimed, and while the invention is [not restricted'tothe exact details of; construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of. illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had'to the accom-' panymg drawlngs, 1n which l ke reference tector' covering; applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing an inside view of the hat ;'Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section. of a common type of. sailor hat, full lines indicating the protector in folded position within the crown and held therein by the improved retainer, dotted lines indicating the probable position of. the-protector: in operaf tive condition; Figg/t is a: bottom plan view of the protector. detached? from the hat, the; -v1ew beln'gl pr'a'ctically on thesamescale as that of Fig: 3;'a-nd' Fig.' his a perspective view of the retaining. device. cotiperating with the" inner wall of; the. hat crown.

By way of an illustration of a:- ractical embodiment: of; the improvement, show a' hat compri'singa crown 10' andbrim llhaiving a sweat band'12 and-outerband-lfi. As -e-.jmejans for protectingthe crown and brim J from damag ng; conditions" 'suehasj-i rain, dust, mud, or the;11ke,I-"provide a protector- BIETAINER FOR HAT-rnoTEcroRsl,

Specification of Letters Patent.

borough of Queens, in the county of Queens like combination of flexibleelastic spring 'arms16 shown as two 1n number, -cross 1ng substantiallffiat 'conditio Patented I eb.-8,19l6.

covering 1-]: made preferablyof a good quah ity of light sheetrubber or its equivalent and preferably of a' light color or a color simulating somewhat the color of the hat so as to be comparatively inconspicuous when in use, such protector. being formed with a beaded periphery 1t adapted tobe-engaged over the periphery of the brim 1-1, as shown in the. first .three figures. In this condi,

tion the protector thoroughly covers the crown and forms a sloping water shed to direct the rain or the like therefrom well downwardly over the brim. When'not in use, the protector is adapted t d be folded or otherwise disposed. in a small ccinpass and" placed within the top of the OPOWl}, as shown in Fig.3, between the top of thejlerown and the lining of the hat. The usual hat lining mayeasily be removed for this purpose and" replaced by a. special lining shown at 15, or, if preferred, these-me lining may 'be re turned to its is introduced.

Theiretaining device comprises a spider-' eachother at. the center at right angles and place after the retainingdevice having their extreme endssdirected outwardly slightly, as indicated at .16, Whereby they serve to tend to engage the inner'surface of the hat crown with a moderate degree of force. protector 14 in its folded position is dropped into place in the top of the crown, as the hat islying upside down upon a table for In other words, after the I instance, the retaining device is dropped squarely Within the crown and forced di rectlydownward ly at the center, causing the fprongsjldto be bent toward one another, ,95

the portionsof the arms adjacent the prongs being bent in this operationin close parallelism-with the. vertical wall of the crown.

The prongs'lfi,therefore, upon digging into. N

sweat band .12 will hold the; retaining device steadily in position and-thereby hold the -protector asindicated inf Fig. 3.

ans erer di ssji tiflie pe t i forcingithe ainer in'to'. retaining. jposition 1and to-"hoId' theprotector; seated in its Y enteriof the; crown "the body of the crown aboverorbeneath the Mad At 18 I form-a Wire hoop carried between the plies 19 and 20 constituting the top portion of the lining 15, all of the lining parts adapted to be secured by overwhipping, or the like, to the arms 16. This hoop 18 is of substantially the'same outline as the crown of the hat and may be of a size to adapt the retaining device to anystandard size of hat crown. Among its functions is to stiiten the top portion of the lining so as. to make the same lie in a substantially fiat condition-When in retaining position.

I claim i The herein described retainer for hat 'protectors,'the same comprising a plurality of 1: 

